Depot - 1840
The 1840 Depot Covered Bridge is a historic Town lattice truss bridge, carrying Depot Hill Road over Otter Creek in Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont. The bridge was built about 1840 and is one of Vermont's older covered bridges.
The Depot Bridge underwent restoration in 1974, at which time the abutments were faced in concrete, again in the 1980s, and in 2006 its deck was supported by steel stringers. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
The bridge is located near the geographic center of Pittsford, west of the main village, on Depot Hill Road, which provides access from the village to the western part of the community. It is a single-span Town lattice structure, set on stone abutments that have been faced in concrete. It has a total span of 121 feet, with the upper ends of the trusses extending 6 feet beyond the abutments at either end. The bridge is 22 feet wide, with a roadway width of 18 feet (one lane). The bridge is sheathed in vertical board siding, and its roof is slate. The bridge deck is now supported by steel stringers.
It was one of only four surviving 19th-century covered bridges in Pittsford in 1974 when it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Of the over 500 covered bridges built in Vermont, as of 2019, only 104 remain.
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on January 24, 1974.
Located at: N43 42.570 W73 02.562 - WGCB #45-11-06
Photographed in July 2019.